Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-02-05

| A Livermore farmer has cali with eight
legs and Two heads.
The epizooty is again among the horses in
the vicinity of .Yreka.
A carload of cabbages left Redwood City
for Chicago Saturday.
San Diego is alarmed at the appearance
of the cottony cushion scale.
Sixty tramps were counted in one camp
near San Bernardino the other day.
Sacramento is to tax herself for immigra-
ton purposes if she can legally do SO.
Tularc will have display Of fruits and
other agricultural products at Los Angeles.
The bonds issued by Santa Cruz to pur-
chase the water works have been declared
legal.
Daniel Sexton, sheepherder, hanged
himself in a barn near Livermore Sunday
night.
San Diego has an agent in Washington to
oppose the adjustment Of Its customs
district.
An effort is being made in Arizona to re-
pea the law giving bounties for wild ami
NAL scalps.
San Jose has appointed committee to
complete arrangement to build large first
class hotel.
A carload OF ostriches passed through
Benson, N. NJ, yesterday on their way to
Los Angeles.
A military court martial will be held at
Fort Stanton, N. NJ, tomorrow, for the
trial of prisoners.
Mrs. NJ. Fricker, Of May6eld, died Satur.
day from the bite of tarantula received
the day previous.
The shutting down of the Spring Valley
hydraulic mine has caused much excite
ment at Oroville.
Many excursionists to Southern Califor-
MIA have promised to visit San Jose on the
occ aston of the Citrus Fair.
Santa Anna would like the Superior
Court Of Los Angeles county to hold two
annual sessions in that town.
The Young Mems Christian Association
at Los Angeles has S2a,o subscribed TO-
ward the erection Of building.
William Lawler and George Hubbard
have been sent to San Quentin from Los
Angeles for two years for burglary.
A large acreage in Ell Dorado county is
being put out in French prunes. Bartlett
pears, raisins, table and choice wine grapes.
Benicia has voted almost unanimously TO
issue bonds to the amount Of SIS. 900 to
be donated to the Santa Rosa and Benca
Railroad.
The btumenious rock found in the San
Luis Mountains is TO be used for paving
purposes and a corporation to be formed at
San Luis Obispo.
William Viter, the inventor of fruit dryer
was arrested at San Pedro, this week, on a
charge of grand larcency in selling a dryer
! belonging to other parties.
! A slight accident occurred on the Los
Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad Saturday.
A passenger tsain collided with freight
train that was being side tracked. The
-catchers of the two locomotives were
badly damaged.
The party which left Fairbank, A. T., in
search of the missing rancher, William Lud-
ley, found his dead body near the Sonora
line riddled with bullets. A posse is on
the trail of the murderers. Ludley was
known to have $4,000 on his person.
Doughtery, the lunatic, who was creating
much alarm at San Luis Obespo, on ac.
count of his well-known violent character,
was shot and killed this week by Constable
Jewett upon whom Doughtery had drawn a
rife. A Coroner's Jury exonerated Jewett.
A Portuguese working on Miller's ranch,
at Willow creek, was thrown from horse
last Sunday and killed. He was riding
along with his ieins tied to his wrist and
playing an harmonica, when the horse got
frightened at the noise and commenced
bucking, throwing him of, and as he was
unable to unfasten the reins from his wrist
he was dragged to death. He was young
man, and had only been in this country a
short time.
Lodden Beach Hotel and grounds in Los
Angeles county have been purchased
through trustees for some person unknown.
Its surmised that the purchase was made
in trust for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad Company, and that the com.
pany will convert Long Beach into a mag.
nhcent resort for tourists. The Southern
Pacific runs into Santa Monica and the Santa
Fe will head the former company off with